PM Lee: “We are all in this together”. Yeah, right!
Many Singaporeans would be feeling despaired, disappointed and disillusioned after yesterday evening’s announcement that the population White Paper has been passed in parliament by majority vote. The high level of interest this Paper has generated in the past two weeks is almost unprecedented. Criticism, debate, suggestions...
Economics Myths in the Great Population Debate
The great John Maynard Keynes famously said that "practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist." The debate on the Population White Paper has surfaced a number of myths and fallacies that seem to dominate the current discussion on...
Khaw: I cannot build HDB flats without cheap foreigners
Minister Khaw Boon Wan During the Parliament debate on the population white paper, Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan said that restricting the growth of the foreign worker population would "throw a spanner" into the HDB's plans. "To complete the ramped-up construction programme, I do need more construction workers,...
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